Yeah, that's the one! Thanks I realise the car makes you feel like you're Ken Block but no way am I going to be doing any silly business... At least not just yet
Cash injection from the untimely passing of grand parents so not minted, just fortunate. It's not like they were cash purchases.

Hi guys, I've been away some time and thought I'd share some stuff.
I married the love of my life
Became a house owner (mortgages, woo yay!)
Started a new job
Got a new cat called him Luther. Misty is the grumpy bag on the right.
Got internet in said house 6 months later (ISPs, woo yay!)
Got my dream car
This year has also not been without its upsets, namely we lost a dear old Cockatiel of ours to illness at 16 years old, and his mate not long after to what we suspect was a ferret (long story ) who was sadly only 3.
I hope no one takes this post the wrong way. I know I'm very fortunate to be where I am, and I would just like to share that happiness with friends and peers.
The new job runs a slightly tighter ship than my last so mapcore time has tanked, but I'll hopefully be getting a bit more into the swing of things from now on.
See you around guys

Don't forget to try and incorporate balance into the map. If one bombsite is particularly open maybe make the other bombsite more enclosed to give variety to the gameplay. Again, balance long sight lines with short ones so sniping and shotguns both have their chance.
Also balance height: One flat level isn't fun and on a 2D surface it's harder to make gameplay more interesting. Experiment with increasing or decreasing the elevation of certain areas and then converting the floor to ramps to meet them but being careful of how steep these ramps are. I think a good measure is for every 2-4 units forward, go up 1 unit.
Other things include making sure you're always "moving forward" toward an objective, you don't want to be taking turns over 90 degrees that make you feel like you're walking back on yourself.
This is from the perspective of counter strike mapping, but I would hope this generally covers other games.

It's been nice to have a quick read and catch up here, it's been a while guys
When I'm back properly I think I'll do a teeny update as I've been quite busy, but the real limiting factor is that I'm now into my 24th week of having no internet!
Go find some fucking hipsters, I'm sure Edinburgh's full of the fuckers <3